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Archaeological & historic sites in Kenya

Kenya has 9 archaeological & historic sites on Detourmap — ancient ruins, tombs, ghost towns, shipwrecks, catacombs, mines, battlefields and crash sites. The best known is Thimlich Ohinga. All of them are below.

Archaeological
9
Oldest
Lufthansa Flight 540 1974
Little known
5 of 9
Most from
20th century

Questions about this page

How many archaeological & historic sites are there in Kenya?

9 on this map, out of 14,002 worldwide. That is what Wikidata records for Kenya with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article — the real number on the ground is larger, and for some countries much larger.

What is the best known of the archaeological & historic sites in Kenya?

Thimlich Ohinga. National Monument of Kenya.

Which is the oldest?

Lufthansa Flight 540, dated to 1974. 2 of these 9 carry a founding date.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

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